Leila Janah, Terrence Davenport Create Tech Jobs in Arkansas

Aired: 2/26/2018 | 0:02:16 | Clip

Entrepreneurs Leila Janah and Terrence Davenport seek to create a tech-based economy in the Arkansas Delta, which has been shedding agricultural jobs. Davenport’s grandparents were sharecroppers. Janah’s parents came to America from India “with little more than a suitcase and their dreams.” “Equal opportunity is the cornerstone of American identity,” she says, “an identity we have to fight for.”